Senior Lead Data Analyst

Stryker; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Lead Data Analyst to partner across the business, delivering impactful reporting and driving action through change management. You will apply advanced data analytics while serving as a business-facing consultant to deliver commercial impact.

You will lead end-to-end analytics projects, mentor teammates, and present insights to leadership. This role is Hybrid remote in Sydney, focusing on SQL, Python, Power BI, and data governance to enable data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data analytics, business analytics, data science, or related field.
• 6+ years of work experience required.
• Experience with project management (Waterfall & Agile).
• Strong programming skills in SQL, Python, R, DAX, or similar.
• Experience with data governance, BI tools, and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and project leadership in the team's day-to-day project portfolio.
• Demonstrate financial acumen to develop financial impacts for existing projects and evaluating new opportunities.
• Collaborate with Stryker enterprise across functions to leverage domain expertise and capabilities.
• Manage expectations on timing and scope of project work.
• Identify opportunities and lead discussions where data analytics can be applied to business opportunities with key stakeholders.
• Mentor and coach data analytics colleagues in developing their skills.
• Demonstrate ability to recommend visualizations of data to empower stakeholders.
• Orchestrate presentations of complex analyses to leadership.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Modeling

Power BI

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree (Data Analytics / related field)

Tools

Tableau

Job description

As a Senior Lead Data Analyst, you will partner across Stryker's complex business to understand pain points, deliver impactful reporting, and drive action through change management. You will be able to flex your advanced technical data analysis capabilities while also acting as a business-facing consultant in order to drive real commercial impact.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and project leadership in the team's day-to-day project portfolio.

Demonstrate financial acumen to develop financial impacts for existing projects and evaluating new opportunities.

Orchestrate collaboration with Stryker enterprise across functions to leverage domain expertise and capabilities.

Manage expectations on timing and scope of project work.

Identify opportunities and lead discussions where data analytics can be applied to real-world business opportunities with key stakeholders.

Mentor and coach data analytics colleagues in developing their skills.

Demonstrate creative ability to recommend visualizations of data that empower key business stakeholders more easily interpret complex information and quickly identify key insights.

Orchestrate presentations and communications through effective conveying of complex analyses up to the leadership level.

Lead and mentor others in root cause/problem solving efforts.

Experience & Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, or related field with applicable technical degree preferred

6+ years of work experience required

Experience with project management (Waterfall & Agile methodologies). Experience leading end-to-end data analytics projects: from problem and requirements definition to code/model validation and deployment.

Demonstrate financial acumen to develop financial impacts for existing projects and evaluating new opportunities.

Skilled in programming languages and data structures.

Skilled in least one programming language central to data analytics (e.g. SQL, Python, R, DAX, M) or proficient in at least two languages.

Skilled in data transformation and cleansing and relational database and data modeling concepts.

Skilled in data governance concepts including the need for documented definitions, calculations, sources, lineage, etc.

Skilled in business intelligence and analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sydney NSW